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World War 1
Allied soldiers in the trenchers. British, Canadian and Australian troops all had the same helmet. -
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WW1
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Announcemet of the Armistice
The day the Allies signed the Armistice to end WW1. Made Germany pay reperations (all the damages during the war), which caused resentment and caused the country to go broke.
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Adolf Hitler Attempts a Coup
Adolph Hitler led his Nazi followers in an abortive attempt to seize power in Munich in what became known as the "Beer Hall Putsch". Although the plan failed, and Hitler imprisoned, the notoriety the Nazi leader gained laid the groundwork for his rise to the dictatorship of Germany. While in prison, Hitler wrote Mein Kamp, the book that described his political philosophy and planned conquest of Europe. -
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Hitler's Acendency
Hitler and the Nazis only achieved 12 seats in the German Election (May 1928), They gained many more supporters over the years by using violence and itimidation whilst still offering people hope during the Great Depression. Hitler took power in July 1932 after the Nazis became the largest party in the 1932 election. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in 1930 and lasted until the late 1930s or middle 1940s. -
Hitler Achieves More Power
Hitler took power in July 1932 after the Nazis became the largest party in the 1932 election. -
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WW2
The start of the war is generally held to be 1 September 1939, beginning with the German invasion of Poland; Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. -
World War 2
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Pearl Harbour
A surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii,
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Fall of Singapore
The downfall of the British Empire. -
The Bombing of Darwin
Was both the first and the largest single attack ever mounted by a foreign power on Australia.
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ANZAC Soldier in Papa New Guinea
ANZAC Soldier in Papa New Guinea, Kokoda.
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The Cold War
In 1945, the United States and Soviet Union were allies, jointly triumphant in World War II, which ended with total victory for Soviet and American forces over Adolf Hitler's Nazi empire in Europe. February 4-11: Yalta Conference meeting of FDR, Churchill, Stalin - the 'Big Three' Soviet Union has control of Eastern Europe. The Cold War Begins -
Chinese Communist Revolution
Also know as the 1949 Revolution.
Was the culmination of the Chinese Communist Party's drive to power since its founding in 1921 and the second part of Chinese Civil War (1946–1949). On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), which broke out immediately following World War II -
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The Civil Rights Movement
The African-American Civil Rights Movement encompasses social movements in the United States whose goal was to end racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans and enforce constitutional voting rights to them. This article covers the phase of the movement between 1954 and 1968, -
I Have A Dream
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement -
9/11 Attacks
a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed almost 3,000 people and caused at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage -
Bali Bombings
In the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack killed 202 people (including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 27 Britons, 7 Americans, 6 Swedish citizens and 3 Danish citizens). A further 240 people were injured. -
The Fall of Baghdad
Was a military invasion of Baghdad that took place in early April 2003, as part of the invasion of Iraq. -
Osama Bin Laden Killed
The founder and head of the Islamist militant group al-Qaeda, was killed in Pakistan on May 2, 2011 -
MH17
Ukraine and Ukranian separatists (backed by Russia) shoot down a passenger plane (allegedly by accident) -
Israel and Gaza Conflict
In the worst violence to date on July 20th Israel attacked Shujaiya, a tightly packed residential suburb five minutes’ drive east of Gaza City that has long been a stronghold for an array of militants. The shelling killed 66 Palestinians in one day; 13 elite Israeli soldiers died in the fighting of an ensuing ground offensive.
